Ask A North Korean: How do North Koreans manage their time?

Rose writes about how ‘unimportant’ the concept of time is to citizens and why punctuality is not a thing in North Korea

Ask A North Korean: How do North Koreans manage their time?Ask A North Korean: How do North Koreans manage their time?

North Korean girl with a Mickey mouse watch, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang | Image: Eric Lafforgue (Sept. 2012)

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